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Norfolk Southern Corp. transports coal and industrial products. It engages in the rail transportation of raw materials, intermediate products and finished goods. The company also transports overseas freight through several Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports. It operates an intermodal network through its subsidiary, Norfolk Southern Railway Co., which operates as a container port in the Eastern United States and provides connections to other rail carriers. The company was founded on July 23, 1980 and is headquartered in Norfolk, VA. [...] more

Norfolk Southern’s average revenue per unit declined 1% in 2014 and 4% in the fourth quarter, tempering its revenue growth. Weak coal exports, declining oil prices and unfavorable intermodal mix were responsible for the decline in Norfolk Southern's ARPU. Here is why we believe that these trends are likely to persist in the short term. read »

Warren Buffett famously advised investors to “Buy American” in a 2008 op-ed a few months before the stock market bottomed, reasoning that the U.S. had always bounced back from economic crises past and would do the same once again. Goldman Sachs strategists offered a similar suggestion to focus on the homefront in their latest weekly read »

Investors in Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE: NSC) saw new options become available today, for the May 1st expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the NSC options chain for the new May 1st contracts and identified one put and one call contract of particular interest.

In the latest look at the underlying components of the S&P 500 ordered by largest market capitalization, Eaton Corp plc (NYSE: ETN) has taken over the #142 spot from Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE: NSC), according to The Online Investor. Click here to find out the top S&P 500 components ordered by average analyst rating » read »

Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE: NSC) has been named a Top Socially Responsible Dividend Stock by Dividend Channel, signifying a stock with above-average ”DividendRank” statistics including a strong 2.1% yield, as well as being recognized by prominent asset managers as being a socially responsible investment, through analysis of social and read »

The most recent short interest data has been released by the NASDAQ for the 12/31/2014 settlement date, which shows a 2,491,326 share increase in total short interest for Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE: NSC), to 7,224,473, an increase of 52.64% since 12/15/2014. Total short interest is just one way to look at short data; another metric that we read »

Had a bad day at the office or been under the thumb from a demanding boss? Well, you’re probably not alone there. But as I reflected on this following Employee Appreciation Day in the US earlier this month on 6 March – a national holiday that recognizes the value that employees bring to the workplace – I pondered if better practices in this read »

The thrill of bidding and the thump of the gavel that auctions provide don’t necessarily have to be experienced in person—the world learned that from . But Berlin-based Auctionata, which offers those experiences via live webcast, are reinforcing that truth.

The company just announced a €42 million C round of funding (that’s about $45 read »

It seems reasonable to feel like women aren’t getting nearly their due when reports show that only about a quarter of computing jobs are held by women today. Even worse, that’s down from a year ago, when it was more than a third. And several media sources reported heavy disappointment when the jury voted in favor of Kleiner Perkins in Ellen read »

I’m in Europe this week and if there’s anything that will get your brain thinking about customer service it’s travel. From the experience of 12 hours of flying to the AirBNB we arrived in once settled in Prague to the many cafes we frequented, there’s a lot to be curious about. The big question I think about is what makes some people so good at read »